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SKATE.

Patented June 5,1883.

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SKATE:

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,105 dated'June 5, L883.

' Application filed November 2, 1882. No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLEMENT E. PURDY, of lVooster, in the county of \Vayn'e and State of Ohio,have invented a new and Improved Skate,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exwhich similar letters of reference indicate cor,

responding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan of the heel and toe plates inverted, together with the clamping devices for attaching the plates to the shoe-sole, also with brackets employed to attach 'the rollercarrier and the ice-runner. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the ice-runner. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the improved skate with the icerunner attached. Fig 4 is a side elevation of the roller attachment. Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a transverse section of Fig. 1 on line a? 01;, with the roller-carrier applied.

The toe-plate a. has a wide recess, 1;, in the under side, in which the toe-clamps c are pivoted at d, to be made to grip the edges of the shoe-sole by the slide-nut 0 when forced against them by the binding-screw f when turned by a key applied to the shank g, the said screw being fitted in the bearings h on the toe-plate and i on the heel-plate j, so that at the same time that it draws nut 6 against the toe-clamps it also draws heel-clamps 7. against the back of the shoe-heel and binds it against the clips I,

permanently attached to the heel-plate and arranged to clip the front side of the heel. The toe-plate has brackets m and the heel-platehas brackets on attached to them parallel with the screw-bearings h and i and'a little distance therefrom, forming narrow I'-shaped grooves 0, in which the flanged upper edges, of the plates q, coimeeted'by rivets s and washers z, are connected by sliding lengthwise into said 7 grooves, the said plates constituting an attachment for the rollers u and the ice-runner o. The rollers u are grooved to receiveand rest on the upper edge of the runner, which is attached by means of the hook-point w hooking over the front roller and the thumb-screw w screwing in the stud' 3 over the hind roller. hen the runner o is not used Iapply an endless belt, z, to the grooved rollers, which fills the grooves and forms the bearing for the rollers on the floor or carpet, preventing injury thereto by the rollers, also preventing the roll ers from slipping on the floor, and also insuring better action of the rollers.

It will be seen that as the heel and toe plates arenot positively or rigidly connected togetlr er, but can shift toward and from each other on the plates (1, the skates adjust themselves to fit the feet of persons materially differing in sizes. The bracing of the plates (1 between the vertical portions of the brackets in and n and the bearings h and of the screw afford the required lateral stability to the detachable connection of the heel and toe plates with the roller and runner carrier.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the plates (1 q, having flanged edges adapted to slide in grooves o, the rivets s, and the washers 1, whereby is formed a roller-frame adapted to slide in and out of the skate, as described.

2. The skaterunner having a hook-point in front and a rear stud, y, adapted to carry a screw, :0, whereby it may be used with rollers, as described.

3. The combination of toe-plate a, heel-plate j, brackets in a, and the roller and runner connecting-plates q, said brackets forminggrooves o, and said plates q having flanges 1) fitting said grooves, substantially as described.

4. The combination of roller-plates q, toe

plate a, heel-plate j, and heel and toe clamption with brackets m and 'n, and the roller and runner comiecting-plates q, substantially as described.

6. The combination of rollers u, plates q, u, roller-plates q, and the heel and toe plates, toe-plate a, and heel-plate 9', said toep1ate and substantially as described. heel-plate being detachably connected to the roller-plates, substantially as described. grooved rollers u, roller-plates q, and the heel 5 7. The combination of grooved rollers u, and toe plates, substantially as described. runner 1;, attached thereto roller-plates q and w the heel and toe plates j a: substantially as de- (JLEMDB D scribed.

8. The runner 0, having hook w and thumb- IO screw 00, in combination with grooved rollers \Vitnesses L. Q. JEFFRiEs, J OHN P. JEFFRIEs.

9. The combination of endless belt- 2 with 

